Christmas Cheese Box

Description

Orders for this box have now closed. You can still order other, individual cheese for dispatch as per our Christmas dispatch guidelines.

Choose from three different cheese boxes, ideal for your Christmas entertaining. You will get a balanced mix of high quality cheeses from our imports as well as from our distribution partners. Dispatch of all Christmas orders will take place in the week of 11th December. All cheese supplied will have best before dates well beyond Christmas.

You may choose from these three platters:

Platter ‘Simple is Best’

If less is more for you and you prefer a neatly layed out cheese platter, then our ‘Simple is Best’ platter is perfect for you.

• Xmas edition Triple Cream Brie, velvety soft white mould brie, South Australia, 180g
• Rolf Beeler Toggenburger, superb raw milk cheese, matured by Rolf Beeler, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Red Witch, full cream semi-hard Swiss raw milk cheese with paprika rind, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Coal River Farm Blue, Cow’s Milk Blue, mild to medium strength, creamy, Tasmania, 130g

Platter ‘Middlekids’

You prefer not too much, but also not too little? You love having just the right amount and selection on your cheese platter, then this is your choice.

• Xmas edition Triple Cream Brie, velvety soft white mould brie, South Australia, 180g
• Rolf Beeler Toggenburger, superb raw milk cheese, matured by Rolf Beeler, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Red Witch, full cream semi-hard Swiss raw milk cheese with paprika rind, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Coal River Farm Blue, Cow’s Milk Blue, mild to medium strength, creamy, Tasmania, 130g
• Trüffelperle, Swiss cow’s milk with Italian black truffles, Switzerland, ca. 200g

Platter ‘Fanfare’

Are you saying, well it’s only Christmas once a year, so let’s get it all and splurge a bit? Then you’re right with our ‘fanfare’ selection

• Xmas edition Triple Cream Brie, velvety soft white mould brie, South Australia, 180g
• Rolf Beeler Toggenburger, superb raw milk cheese, matured by Rolf Beeler, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Red Witch, full cream semi-hard Swiss raw milk cheese with paprika rind, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Coal River Farm Blue, Cow’s Milk Blue, mild to medium strength, creamy, Tasmania, 130g
• Trüffelperle, Swiss cow’s milk with Italian black truffles, Switzerland, ca. 200g
• Batch Farm Traditional English Cloth Cheddar, Somerset/England, ca. 300g
• Vaud Le Maréchal, herb-matured, semi-hard Swiss raw milk cheese, Switzerland, ca. 200g

See Tom showcasing these three platters in this year’s video:

 

 

In the case a cheese becomes unavailable we will inform you and provide you with a suggestion for a similar cheese at same or better value.

Please note that any additional cheese ordered in the same shopping basket will be combined with the Xmas cheese box and sent out all together in the week of 11th December to arrive before Christmas. Further details can be found here.

Pre-order by midnight 26 November 2023 (Sydney time) and receive a free jar of Smokey Apple fruit paste by Ugly Duck Fine Foods, valued at $7.95.

 

How we wrap your cheese

Freshness of your cheese is important to us. That's why - unless noted differently in the description - we package all of our cheese in vacuum bags to help minimize travel impacts. However, we understand that some of you prefer cheese being wrapped in cheese wrap. This option is available to you for a small fee (it takes more time to package the cheese this way, that's why we charge you a little bit more). Unless specifically noted in the description, all cheese will generally have a best before date of at least 14 days, vacuum packed cheese generally about 2 months. Please note that with cheese this is often only a guidance date and does not necessarily mean the cheese will be of lesser quality beyond that date. In fact many soft(er) cheeses are best kept close to or until after that date for maximum ripeness.

How the cheese gets to you

All Alpine Express cheese are shipped in environmentally friendlier, insulated cardboard boxes. The cheese is bolstered with recycled packing paper & kept cold with food grade ice gel pack(s). It is shipped the fastest possible service, usually Australia Post Express. See Australia Post's Express Delivery Estimator (origin is 'Brisbane Metro'). From time to time we may choose a different shipping provider depending on speed of service, costs and other factors.

Unless noted otherwise, all cheese boxes are sent on Mondays with an order cut-off time at 9am (Sydney time) that day. You will get a tracking number to follow your parcel's progress.